Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hemoglobin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hemoglobin \Hem"o*glo"bin\, n. [Hemo- + globe.] (Physiol.)
The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of
vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin,
and is also called {h[ae]matoglobulin}. In arterial blood, it
is always combined with oxygen, and is then called
{oxyhemoglobin}. It crystallizes under different forms from
different animals, and when crystallized, is called
{h[ae]matocrystallin}. See {Blood crystal}, under {Blood}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hemoglobin
n : a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red
blood cells their characteristic color; function
primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body
tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"
[syn: {haemoglobin}, {Hb}]
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